Taking a page from the Magellan playbook, Lowrance has a "crossover" product coming out, the Lowrance XOG, billed as a road-trail-water navigator. Unfortunately, the unit comes with a 12 channel GPS receiver, which tells us that it doesn’t have a high-sensitivity chipset like the SiRFstar III.
It does have a 3.5" color touch screen, over 3 million POIs, and an MP3 player. It can also utilize aerial imagery, ala the Lowrance iWay 600C.
No word yet on when it will be out or the price tag.
Via GpsPasSion.
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That looks like a great GPS unit.
I’m really glad that all the GPS makers are starting to do this. I’ve been really looking forward to purchasing a product like this for all of my navigation needs (driving, hunting, snowmobiling, and sailing). It is also a good thing that Lowrance is coming out with a product similar to the Magellan, because hopefully the competition will bring prices down. Thanks for the info on new products!!
God, we’ve come far in GPS technology! I wonder how the MP3 player works?
The brief description here ignores the XOG’s ability to use downloaded, highly detailed USGS topographic maps. SiRFStar or not, the XOG is sensitive and accurate on and offroad. Since XOG was ignored by techie reviewers in favor of the big-box store brands and it was cancelled by Lowrance after one year (end of 2008). Too bad. Good unit. Now trail users can spend twice as much to get topo detail.
I didn’t know it was discontinued. Too bad, because I would have liked to review it.